SUNY Oswego - Alumni Association - October E-Newsletter

October 2010 • Vol 6 No 7

Hockey Returns to Campus Center

Single-game tickets for the upcoming 2010-11 Oswego State men's and women's ice hockey seasons went on sale Oct. 4.

Tickets may be purchased several ways, including in person at the Campus Center Box Office and the Tyler Hall Box Office, over the phone by calling 315-312-3073 or 315-312-2141, and online at tickets.oswego.edu.

Prices remain fixed at $8 for the public to men's and women's ice hockey contests, but tickets purchased online will be charged a $2 convenience fee.

The Campus Center Box Office hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, while the Tyler Hall Box Office hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays. Tickets may also be purchased in person at the SUNY Oswego Downtown location between the hours of noon and 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.

The men's ice hockey season begins on Oct. 16 with an exhibition game against the Bradford All-Stars at 7 p.m. followed by the season opener versus Elmira on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m.

Additional games of interest early in the year include the annual White-Out Weekend on Nov. 5 and 6 when the Lakers face Potsdam on Friday and Plattsburgh on Saturday of that weekend. The Pathfinder Bank/Oswego Hockey Classic will be held Dec. 30 and 31.

The women's ice hockey seasons starts Oct. 23 with an exhibition contest versus the Aurora Panthers at 3 p.m. Oswego State's regular season home opener will be Nov. 6 and 7 against Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference West opponent Elmira at 3 p.m. each day.

The Lakers also host seven straight games from Nov. 19 through Dec. 11. Senior day will take place on Saturday, Feb. 5 versus Buffalo State.

New this year, all men's and women's ice hockey games will be streaming live. Watch oswego.edu/alumni for more details.

— Adele Burk

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Who doesn’t want to save the world? Michael Kite ’02 does that for a living through World Wildlife Fund.

As marketing specialist for one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, Kite and his team of three work to raise more than $5 million each year. The majority of that money comes from licensing partnerships and promotions with the likes of Barnes & Noble, Gap, Hewlett-Packard, Dial and Coinstar.

Retail partnerships help WWF spread its message to the general public and raise funds for its conservation work around the globe. For example, Bank of America contributes $100 for every special Visa account opened and Nabisco is supporting WWF’s “Year of the Tiger” initiative with special packaging and a $100,000 donation. The new CVS Green Bag Tag program rewards reusable bag-toting customers, and generates five cents for WWF for each tag sold.

All support WWF’s mission of protecting the future of nature, down to the finest details, Kite said.

“We like to see that the product is made from recycled material and is recyclable itself, and somehow ties into our mission,” Kite said. The Green Bag Tag, for instance, is made from a corn-based material and features a 100 percent recycled silicone lanyard.

As a broadcasting major at Oswego, Kite got involved with WRVO-FM and WNYO-FM.

“I think it gave me a lot more confidence in talking to people,” he said. It was an important part of his early career in broadcast sales and remains an important piece in the message he “sells” today.

“The best part of my job is seeing a product in the store with the WWF logo after months of working with a company to launch it,” said Kite, who joined the organization in 2006. “It’s rewarding to give people a fun, unique way to protect our planet.”

— Shane M. Liebler